Close family and friends told WLWT King was the owner of the wireless store.

They said he was a hardworking man with four children.

Police are investigating if this was an attempted robbery.

"He was like my son I have known about 20 years. We worked together before he started his own business. He listened to me and respected me," friend Omar Timsi said.

The shooter is described as a black male, 6 feet tall and about 150 to 160 pounds, police said. He was wearing a gray hooded jacket and jeans, and was carrying a small, silver semiautomatic handgun, police said.

The shooter may have been with a female child wearing a pink jacket, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.